GoDaddy, the world's largest number of domain registrations, disconnects 'abortion notification site'



It turns out that GoDaddy , the world's largest domain registrar with the largest number of domain registrations, has stopped providing services to websites that were calling for information on abortion. This forced the website to secure another provider, but the new provider also refused to host and remained inaccessible.

GoDaddy Cancels Texas Right to Life Website ProLifeWhistleblower.com | Texas Right to Life
https://texasrighttolife.com/godaddy-cancels-texas-right-to-life-website-prolifewhistleblower/

GoDaddy cut off Texas Right to Life's abortion'whistleblowing' website, and it might be gone --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/3/22656196/godaddy-texas-right-for-life-abortion-whistleblowing-site

GoDaddy Is Booting A Site That Sought Anonymous Tips About Texas Abortions: NPR
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/03/1034188184/texas-abortions-godaddy-website-anonymous-tips

GoDaddy boots Texas abortion “whistleblower” site for violating privacy rule | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/texas-abortion-snitch-website-kicked-off-godaddy-for-invading-peoples-privacy/

On September 1, 2021, the state of Texas in the United States enacted a law prohibiting abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy. The law does not have exceptions such as rape and incest, and it also accuses violators of not only public investigative agencies but also private individuals of third parties, resulting in damages of 10,000 dollars (about 1.1 million yen). It admits to file a claim for compensation, and it is considered a problem that not only medical institutions involved in abortion but also transportation facilities that carry women undergoing surgery will be subject to proceedings.

Texas bans 'abortion' after 6th week of pregnancy, potential civil lawsuit storm nationwide-GIGAZINE



Following the enactment of a law banning abortion, the American anti-abortion group Texas Right to Life has launched an anonymous reporting site, ProLifeWhistleblower.com, calling for information on abortion. However, GoDaddy, which hosted the reporting site, announced on September 2 that it would stop providing services to the reporting site and asked Texas Right to Life to secure another provider within 24 hours. ..

GoDaddy reportedly stopped providing services to the reporting site because it violated GoDaddy's Terms of Service. GoDaddy states in Article 5, Paragraph 2 of the Universal Service Agreement that 'You may not (...) collect or collect personally identifiable information (even if you allow such collection or collection by a third party). It is reported that the reason for the discontinuation of the service is the violation of multiple terms including this.



Texas Right to Life responded to GoDaddy's action by saying, 'We will not be silent. If an anti-lifeist deletes our website, we will bring it back. I can't prevent you from talking about it. '

As declared by Texas Right to Life, 'ProLifeWhistleblower.com' has been re- domain registrared by domain registrar Epik . Epik is known to have been used by Gab , who was excluded from the main service by supporting the far-right extremists, and 8chan , who was excluded from the main service by white supremacism. It is a hosting service.

However, at the time of writing the article, even if you access 'ProLifeWhistleblower.com', you will not be able to connect to the reporting site. Epik said that the reporting site was down again, 'We have determined that the site violates Epik's Terms of Service and has contacted the domain owner. The domain owner is in this domain. I have agreed to disable the collection of user submissions, 'he said, explaining how the solicitation of notifications was discontinued because it violated Epik's Terms of Service.



Apart from the actions taken by GoDaddy and Epik, there is a growing opposition to websites seeking reports of abortions on the Internet. For example, calls to post a notification of fake in the Reddit of online bulletin board writing in addition to had one after another, of TikTok user Sean Black 's script 'to post a false report Pro-LifeBuster reported that it has developed a', this video Has received over 80,000 high ratings at the time of writing the article. According to him, 'Pro-Life Buster' has been used more than 15,000 times in the two days before the reporting site was closed.

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